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SCOSS Newsletter: Board, Funding & Shared Learning
🌍 New Board members
💶 €7.8M+ pledged
🤝 Renewed consortium support
🧠 SCOSS Family exchange on funding, AI & infrastructure
📚 Library consortia funding models
❓ €6M vs €100M OA question
📖 https://mailchi.mp/scoss/news_spring_2026?e=c0424f6a80

SCOSS Jun 3

📣 How are library consortia funding open science infrastructure?

At a SCOSS webinar, Lyrasis, Jisc, Sikt, and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries shared lessons on supporting open infrastructure.
Summary, slides, & recording: https://scoss.org/what-it-takes-how-library-consortia-are-funding-open-infrastructure/

SCOSS May 28

The €6M vs €100M gap isn’t just a funding story.
It’s a priorities story.

Open infrastructure powers Diamond OA for everyone.
Temporary access keeps research available for some.

That’s a choice worth making intentionally.
https://scoss.org/the-6-vs-100-million-oa-question/

SCOSS May 27

Diamond OA doesn't run on goodwill alone. It runs on infrastructure.
12 SCOSS-endorsed are part of the operational backbone that allows Diamond OA to function at scale. Diamond OA. Free for authors. Free for readers. Not free to run. https://scoss.org/the-6-vs-100-million-oa-question/

SCOSS May 26

What if the global backbone of Diamond OA cost less than your country's journal access bill? For many, it does. €6M runs 12 infras, worldwide annually. 1 country can spend €100M+ on in-country access only. Invest in shared infrastructure, not temporary access 🔗 https://scoss.org/the-6-vs-100-million-oa-question/

SCOSS May 5

How are library consortia helping libraries support trusted open infrastructure? Hear from CSAL, Jisc, Lyrasis & Sikt on funding models, decision-making, strategy & lessons learned. Live Q&A.

🗓️ 13 May
⏰ 10 EDT | 14 UTC | 16 CEST

SCOSS Apr 27

How do library consortia turn commitment into real support for open infrastructure? Hear directly from those doing the work.
Join CSAL, Jisc, Lyrasis, and Sikt on May 13
⏰ 16:00 CEST | 14:00 UTC | 10:00 EDT
🕒 1h 15m, with Q&A
Register: https://bit.ly/consortia-webinar

SCOSS Apr 2

Barcelona Declaration Apr 2

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬? 🤔

Insights from stakeholder sessions by the Working Group on Sustaining Infrastructures:

🔹 Sustainability & governance in practice @OpenAlex @OpenAIRE @opencitations
🔹 Ecosystem initiatives @investinopen @SCOSSfunding TSOSI working on funding coordination, strategic investment & transparency
🔹 Why open infrastructures must be treated as essential

📄 Read more: https://zenodo.org/records/19369910

Barcelona Declaration Working Group Sustaining Infrastructures - Sessions on Open Research Infrastructures and Related Initiatives - Report

The Working Group Sustaining Infrastructures of the Barcelona Declaration examines how open infrastructures for research information can be sustainably supported across the research ecosystem. As part of this work, the Working Group is exploring different governance approaches, sustainability models, and forms of community engagement that underpin existing infrastructures. In September and October 2025, the Working Group organized two knowledge-sharing sessions with open infrastructures (Session 1) and initiatives operating at the ecosystem level (Session 2) to discuss sustainability models and how these can be strengthened through community engagement, coordination, transparency, and strategic investment.The sessions aimed at knowledge sharing and identifying where the Barcelona Declaration community (and the Working Group in particular), can most effectively contribute in supporting signatories as they transition toward open research information.Additional materialsSession on Open Infrastructures🖥️ Presentations: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18187006🎬 Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_5px0PjzsSession on Related Initiatives🖥️ Presentations: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18188254🎬 Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_5px0Pjzs

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SCOSS Mar 26

🇨🇭 Swiss academic libraries do it again! CSAL members have pledged €120,750 to SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures @datadryad, @ResearchOrgs & #LAReferencia. Consistent, collective investment in open science, year after year. Thank you! 🙌🌍 🔗 https://scoss.org/switzerland-renews-its-commitment-to-open-science-with-round-4-pledges/

Switzerland Renews Its Commitment to Open Science with Round 4 Pledges - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

Swiss academic libraries, members of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL), continue to be among the most consistent and reliable supporters of open science infrastructure. Once again, these institutions have committed generously to SCOSS-endorsed services, pledging €120,750 for the 2024–2026 funding cycle to three vital infrastructures from SCOSS…

SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

SCOSS Mar 13

💡 Three Australian universities have pledged to support open science infrastructure through SCOSS, backing #AJOL, @episciences @makedatacount & @scipost. Big thanks to CAUL for facilitating 🙏 https://scoss.org/australian-libraries-commit-to-open-infrastructure/

Australian libraries commit to open infrastructure - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

At a time when funding for open science is under growing pressure worldwide, with cuts and political shifts threatening the stability of the tools researchers rely on, this pledge is a welcome show of support. Three universities from Australia (Curtin University, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales) have…

SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services